St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-12
1t Is Claimed That He Has
Wonderful Elements Of
Strength.
A Rumor That Democrats Are
Seeking Harmony On the
Tariff Question.
The Signal Service Reports
Too Much Rain in Several
Sections.
Special to the Globe.

SpeclaI 10 the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE matter
of the vice presidency, on the Demo-
cratic national ticket, is the only point
now discussed by the politicians. Cleve-
lands denomination is conceded every
where. Until within the past few DAYS
there has been general concession that
the vice presidential nomination is to
be contested for by three Western men.
Col. Villas, representing Wisconsin, as
we'll as the Northwest, is believed to be
the choice of Mr.. Cleveland. 1t has
been generally accorded to Col. Villas
that, being the choice of Cleveland, who
is to take first place, the nomination will
go to him. Illinois presents two good
candidates, Stevenson and Black. The
matter will be settled between those
two gentlemen in Illinois. and only one
OF their names will be presented in the
convention. Thus the fight for second
place seemed to be confined to three
gentlemen, with the chances strongly
in favor of Villas; not only because of
his soldier record and personal popu-
larity, but because, also, the president
was believed and almost known to be
in favor of him.
BUT A NEW STAR HAS ARISEN
upon the political azure. There is a
man in Iowa whose name has been Sug-
geSted to MIR. Cleveland, seriously, and
the president has been induced to con-
slider it seriously. One of the old SOL
diers of the Democratic faith, man
friendly to Black and not unfriendly to
Villas, presented the matter something
after this fashion:
Mr.. President, it is conceded that the
Democratic party should have soldier
on the ticket with you, for your renom-
inatiOn is conceded. We must have a
good soldier, and we believe that your
choice is for Col. Villas. Of course your
wishes in the matter will have great
weight with us. But there are other
things to be considered besides a good
soldier record. In the first place, the
Republicans are going to nominate AL
lison and Hawley. At any rate, Allison
is most likely to head the Republican
ticket, from present indications. Well,
we mustha an Iowa soldier, if we
can, to contest his own state with him; !;
for Iowa may almost be classed among
the doubtful states, her Republican ma
jorities having been annually decreased
since 1880. We have soldier, FORUM
ately, who is an IOwan and can make a
strong showing in his state. He was a
good soldier and is an able statesman as
u,
have man who can command the re-
spect and
ADMIRATION OF THE LABOR ELEMENT.
Fortunately the Iowa man is leader
in all movements for the alleviation of
the condition of the Workingmen. He is
their champion on many occasions, and
they all have confidence in his ability as
we'll as in his integrity. He would
draw largely from the George movement
in New York.
"But there is another element which
we must consider, and that is the tenn.
perance vote. The Prohibitionists are
rabid and earnest, and must be con-
sidered. Fortunately, again, the Iowa
soldier is one of the champions of tenn
perance. He is not drinking man and
has never been. He is not a temper
ance man, recently become so for po-
temperance man. The people who are
so earnest in this movement would fol.
low his lead cheerfully.''
''But there is still another element.
The Greenback party is not entirely
dead. 1t is not large, but there are
thousands of men in the land who be-
lieve in the principles of that party, and
they would all cheerfully vote for the
Iowa man. Indeed, he was once their
candidate for the presidency. The man
who combines all of these elements is
Gen. James B. Weaver. do not know
that he is looking forward to a nomina-
tion for the vice presidency, nor that he
is working to that end. But his name
is being considered by those who look
over the field; and you can see that he
has elements of strength which are
worthy of thought. He is not only a
soldier with untarnished record, but a
statesman whose whole course has been
such as to make him an unusually
strong man for the present emergen-
cies."
In addition to the above attention was
called to the fact that Gen. Weaver is
from Tuttle's own state and can dis
count all of his clatter. Weaver was
better soldier, and has always been an
able leader uhereyer he has heen